0 a thick main root found in some plants, such as the carrot, that stores food and grows straight down vertically
Perhaps decreased competition for water in intercrops led to higher forage yields9 because alfalfa's long taproot can compete vigorously for water during a drought.
I look upon conscription as the taproot of militarism; unless that is cut, all our labours will eventually be in vain.
Surely the taproot of everything is demobilisation.
This is a petite plant producing a nearly invisible stem from a threadlike taproot.
The plant produces a basal rosette from a taproot, then a decumbent stem up to about 20 centimeters in maximum length.
It is a perennial herb producing an upright stem up to 40 or 50 centimeters long from a taproot and caudex unit.
They grow from a taproot and branching caudex.
This plant is a perennial subshrub growing 20to60cm in tall with erect stems growing from a caudex and taproot.
